WATER charges will not be imposed for at least another two years after Environment Minister John Gormley admitted they will not go ahead before June 2012 when the next general election is due to be held.

LAX management and favourable treatment for property developers has compromised the legal status of high-profile buildings in Dublin’s docklands and exposed taxpayers to millions of euro in losses.

The ancient Bru na Boinne site around Newgrange may lose its World Heritage status if the proposed M2 motorway goes ahead, it was claimed today.

I HAVE to tell you something.

A Fine Gael representative has today severely criticised the announcement by Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe to impose a blanket closure order on all schools until next Thursday.

TURF CUTTING can continue on all bogs during 2009, according to a statement issued last week by Environment Minister John Gormley.

FIANNA Fáil TD Seán Fleming obviously knows something we don’t.

DOUBTS over €1.8 billion funding for the proposed regeneration of Limerick’s crime-ridden council estates were raised yesterday.

CORK County Council has taken the unprecedented step of passing a vote of no confidence in Environment Minster John Gormley over his handling of a major pollution threat in Cork harbour.

CONSULTANTS charged with assessing the level of contamination at the former Irish Steel plant in Cork Harbour have not sought a report on the extent of hazardous toxins shipped from the site to Germany.

Green Party Leader John Gormley today paid a warm tribute to Bertie Ahern as the Taoiseach announced that he would stand down on May 6.

WORLD Heritage status for the Burren should be actively pursued within the lifetime of this Government, Environment Minister John Gormley told the conference on conservation farming in Ennistymon, Co Clare.

Campaigners opposed to the routing of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara today vowed to launch another High Court action to halt the road works.

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley’s imminent ban on stag hunting is the first shot in a wider war on “rural traditions”, hunting enthusiasts have warned.

Hothouse Flowers frontman Liam O Maonlai today released a song to rally campaigners opposed to the controversial M3 motorway route around the Hill of Tara.

Campaigners will today launch a petition outside Green Party headquarters demanding Minister for the Environment John Gormley re-route the controversial M3 motorway.